AcidAUS sends us the story of an online poker cheating ring that netted an estimated $10M for its perpetrators over almost 4 years. The article spotlights the role of an Australian player who first performed the statistical analyses that demonstrated that cheating had to be going on. “In two separate cases, Michael Josem, from Chatswood, analyzed detailed hand history data from Absolute Poker …

Many poker books make the claim that it’s never correct to raise the minimum amount in no limit Hold’em. I disagree. It’s a mistake to use the words never or always with regards to how to play a poker hand. At PokerVT.com, I teach my students that sometimes making a min-raise really is the best play available.

Based on WPT’s online subscription and sweepstakes-based poker and blackjack offering, www.ClubWPT.com, the ClubWPT.com TV show features six amateur players from around the US and Canada competing each week for their shot at cash prizes and poker stardom.